Chapter 7: A Lovely Way to Start a Mission
Naruto sat impatiently, bouncing his leg up and down. Kakashi-Sensei was always late. Team 7 and Gai with his team were waiting beside the gate at the entrance to the village, where they had said to meet.
Sakura and Tenten were talking and occasionally one or the other would motion with their hands in some way.
Sasuke and Neji were justed leaning against the gate, trying their best not to look bored.
Naruto and Lee had their backs turned to each other. Naruto had proclaimed that he would win Sakura's heart, which had made Lee mad and causing them to act childish and try to ignore each other, even though they would occasionally turn around to glare at each other.
Gai was trying not to look impatient, but this just made him angry instead.
"Where in the world is he!" Gai exploded.
Everyone turned to stare at him.
"He's always late," Sakura replied calmly. That didn't work at all.
"I'm not taking this anymore! I'm leaving! He can just catch up," Gai's face was red and he was shaking in fury.
All six students were huddled in front of the gate trembling and the girls, and Lee, were crying. Nobody had ever seen Gai this mad before.
"What's going on here?" Kakashi asked coming up behind Gai with his full pack on his back.
"YOU!" Gai turned around furious and grabbed for Kakashi's neck. Kakashi was so stunned that he just stood there. Gai grabbed his neck and tightened his hands. Everyone else recovered enough to try and pull Gai off of Kakashi. They couldn't do it. Kakashi face turned blue and he was pulling at Gai's hands, with no success.
Gai's hands loosened suddenly and he fell forward, landing on Kakashi. Tsunade was standing behind them holding a wooden walking stick. She had somehow hit Gai in the head, getting past the six students.
Kakashi was under Gai trying to regain his breath. After five minutes, he said weakly, "Can you get this idiot off me?"
Tsunade dragged Gai's unconscious body off of Kakashi, who sat up.
"Can someone please tell me why he attacked me?" Kakashi asked still trying to get his breath back.
"He got mad because you were late," Tenten replied. She was the only one who had recovered enough to say something. Everyone else was still shocked at Gai's sudden rage.
"...That's it? He attacked me because I was late?" Kakashi panted.
"He's very strict about being punctual. Even though he was late yesterday, which is unusual for him," Tenten informed him.
"So are we gonna go on this mission or not!" Naruto seemed to have found words to speak, finally. He sounded as if nothing had happened at all.
"Of course you are!" Tsunade declared, "As soon as this idiot wakes up." She nudged Gai with her foot.
"Gai-Sensei is not an idiot!" stated Lee, the one enraged now.
"Do I have to hit you in the head as well, or will you stop yelling?" Lee stopped and looked at his feet, embarrassed.
"Get up, Kakashi. You'll need to make sure they don't do anything stupid," Tsunade motioned towards the six students who all glared at her, except for Naruto who knew better than to do so.
"I doubt they will...," Kakashi replied, who had caught his breath, but was now pale.
Tsunade pretended like she hadn't heard him, but there was a hint of agreement in her eyes. She tossed the walking stick she had borrowed back to the elderly man on the side of the street, then walked back down the street.
Sakura and Tenten started talking again, glancing at Gai a few times. Neji and Sasuke were in their spots by the gate, again. Naruto and Lee went back to trying to ignore each other again.
Kakashi stood up and looked down at the unconscious Gai. After a few moments, he shrugged and left him there, flat on his stomach, on the ground, walking towards a rock by the gate.
After an hour, Gai lifted his head off the ground and looked up to see a cart come towards him, only inches away. He gasped - and then fell unconscious again as one of the wooden bars at the bottom of the cart hit him in the forehead.
Kakashi had seen the cart, but didn't care. Why should he have. It's not like a cart going five-miles-per-hour would kill him or anything.
Lee saw this and almost died. Not really. But he did react to it. "GAI-SENSEI!" he yelled to his unconscious teacher. "YOU! WHY DIDN'T YOU DO ANYTHING!" he yelled at Kakashi, enraged.
Afraid that Lee would attack him like his sensei did, he stood up and pulled out a kunai knife (like he was gonna use it) and readied himself.
Tenten and Sakura were holding him back, with little, if any, luck. Sakura looked like she was going to regret her next move, and whispered something in Lee's ear. Kakashi tried to read her lips. Something about going on a date with him if he left her sensei alone. Lee brightened and hugged her. Her reaction was hitting him in the head.
"Don't ever do that again!" she yelled, the one enraged now.
Kakashi sighed and put his kunai away. "Kids," he said under his breath.
I decided to pitch Chi and Frailor because I hate them. I feel sorry for the people who have to deal with me with me in real life...Anyway, please R&R.